Book contents
- The Politics of Opera in Handel’s Britain
- The Politics of Opera in Handel’s Britain
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Notes on sources
- Frontispiece
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Opera and political allegory:
- 3 Politics in the Royal Academy of Music
- 4 The opera house, allegory, and the political opposition
- 5 Handel’s Second Academy
- 6 Rival opera companies and Farinelli in Madrid
- 7 Politics, theater, and opera in the 1730s
- 8 The opera stage as political history
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index
- The Politics of Opera in Handel’s Britain
- The Politics of Opera in Handel’s Britain
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Notes on sources
- Frontispiece
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Opera and political allegory:
- 3 Politics in the Royal Academy of Music
- 4 The opera house, allegory, and the political opposition
- 5 Handel’s Second Academy
- 6 Rival opera companies and Farinelli in Madrid
- 7 Politics, theater, and opera in the 1730s
- 8 The opera stage as political history
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain , pp. 282 - 371Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013